Angels’ right-hander Matt Shoemaker has already missed 51 days with a nagging forearm injury, and now he appears to be weighing season-ending surgery to fix the problem for good. The 30-year-old was tossing a bullpen session on Friday when he “felt something,” reports the Los Angeles Times’ Pedro Moura, and started to consider the possibility of surgery after consulting with a team doctor. The recovery process falls right around two months, which would keep Shoemaker off the mound for the remainder of the regular season and, depending on the outcome of the AL wild card race, potentially prevent him from pitching again until spring training.

The Angels’ righty initially sustained a right forearm strain following an outing against the Yankees in June, and experienced a setback in his rehab process after he was diagnosed with posterior interosseous nerve syndrome in early July.